2008 Alumna of the Year Distinguished Service to Society                   Mrs. Akiko Oshiro Minato, M.A. '60 Mrs. Akiko Minato is president of Tokyo Woman’s Christian University and professor emerita of early church history and women’s studies at Tokyo Christian University, which was founded by Dr. Donald Hoke ’41. After completing her M.A. in New Testament at the Wheaton College Graduate School on a Fulbright scholarship, she attended Harvard Divinity School. She later continued her research as a visiting scholar at Harvard University under the Fulbright Senior Scholar program. Mrs. Minato has written many books including Women’s Role in the East and West and Partnership: Home, Church, World. In addition to serving on the board of World Vision Japan, Mrs. Minato has been a delegate to the International Women’s Conference, and serves the Morning Glory Church in Tokyo as an ordained teacher.   For her devotion to the evangelization of Japanese people as a scholar, writer, speaker, and teacher, the Wheaton College Alumni Association is pleased to honor Mrs. Akiko Minato with the 2008 Distinguished Service to Society Award.